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Domestic abuse: statistics recorded by the police in Scotland - 2018/19

Characteristics of victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland for 2018 to 2019.

Table 6: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by gender of victim & accused, Scotland, 2009-10 to 2018-19

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	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
	Number & Percentage
Female victim, male accused	41,927	44,951	46,439	45,916	42,120	39,483	43,158	42,759	39,864	39,721
% of total known	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	81	82
Male victim, female accused	7,938	8,889	9,569	9,946	9,435	8,901	9,845	9,957	7,929	7,686
% of total known	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	16
Female victim, female accused	682	736	566	605	612	671	743	737	617	660
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Male victim, male accused	666	693	659	677	724	854	877	835	740	657
% of total known	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1
Not recorded or other⁴	713	429	2,614	2,936	5,548	9,973	3,481	4,522	10,391	11,917
Total	51,926	55,698	59,847	60,080	58,439	59,882	58,104	58,810	59,541	60,641

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